Heart and Soul (Binchy novel)

{{short description|2008 novel by Maeve Binchy}}

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| author = Maeve Binchy

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| country = {{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland

| language = English

| genre = Novel

| publisher = Orion Books

| release_date = 2008

| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)

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| isbn = 1-55278-728-1

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Heart and Soul is a 2008 novel by the Irish author Maeve Binchy. The plot centers around what Binchy terms "a heart failure clinic"{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/288676/Maeve-Binchy/filmography|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130145006/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/288676/Maeve-Binchy/filmography|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2013|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|title=Maeve Binchy Filmography|accessdate=4 August 2012}}{{cite news|journal=Vulture|date=14 November 2008|title= Maeve Binchy on 'The Hard Core' and Her Uplifting Next Novel About Heart Failure|author=Ebiri, Bilge|url=http://www.vulture.com/2008/11/maeve_binchy.html}} in Dublin and the people involved with it. Several characters from Binchy's previous novels, including Evening Class, Scarlet Feather, Quentins, and Whitethorn Woods, make appearances.

Background

Binchy, who "suffered a health crisis related to a heart condition" in 2002, was inspired to write Heart and Soul by her own experiences and observations in the hospital.{{cite news|accessdate=4 August 2012|title=Maeve Binchy Dead: Bestselling Irish Author Reportedly Dies at 72|journal=Huffington Post|author=Barr, Robert|date=30 July 2012| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/maeve-binchy-dead-irish-author-obituary_n_1721938.html}}

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